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Title	A General View of the University and City of Oxford. Taken above Ferry Hinksey looking South West.
Artist	John Whessell
Medium	Copper engraving
Date	Printed & Etched by J. Whessell, Oxford, and Published Mar, 10, 1820.
Size	Image 176 x 500 mm, Plate 214 x 516 mm
Notes	A fine engraving of Oxford taken from above Ferry Hinksey looking southwest. This print is similar in style to Samuel and Nathaniel Buck’s view of 1731 but with less emphasis on the architecture. Beneath the view there is a numbered key identifying 69 of the major buildings with a dedication to the Lord Bishop of Oxford. John Whessell was an English engraver working in London 1802-1823 and then in Oxford in the later 1820s.. He engraved after Serres, Stothard, Singleton, Sartorius and Gainsborough, among others. John Whessell also drew and engraved views of Oxford for Oxford Delineated published in 1831 by Whessell and Bartlett. Condition: Repaired tear to centre right of image
Price	£400

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